Tyler Myers

True confessions, via Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau. What did Boudreau remember about the long break between playoff rounds — he said it was 17 days — back in his American Hockey League playing days? "Pizza," he said. Boudreau spent parts of three seasons, starting in the 1978-79 campaign, with the New Brunswick Hawks, the Toronto Maple Leafs minor league affiliate. He said he and his roommate had a routine during their 17-day break until the next series. There was practice, naturally. But they had pizza, watched three hours worth of soap operas on TV and usually went to a movie at night. Those were the "days of Luke and Laura," Boudreau said of the two...

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True confessions, via Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau.
What did Boudreau remember about the long break between playoff rounds — he said it was 17 days — back in his American Hockey League playing days?
"Pizza," he said.
Boudreau spent parts of...

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